Supported Audio file formats in iPhone
avaudioplayer, iphone
Solution
mp3 why not. From: The Multimedia Support Section of the Reference Library
Audio Playback and Recording Formats
The audio playback formats supported in iOS are the following:
- AAC (AAC-LC)
- HE-AAC (v1 and v2)
- xHE-AAC - supported since iOS 13.0
- AC-3 (Dolby Digital) - supported since iOS 9.3
- E-AC-3 (Dolby Digital Plus) - supported since iOS 9.3
- MP3 (MPEG-1 audio layer 3
- AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate, a format for speech) - not supported since iOS 4.3
- ALAC (Apple Lossless)
- iLBC (internet Low Bitrate Codec, another format for speech)
- IMA4 (IMA/ADPCM)
- linear PCM (uncompressed)
- µ-law and a-law
The audio recording formats supported in iOS are the following:
- AAC (on supported devices only)
- ALAC (Apple Lossless)
- iLBC (internet Low Bitrate Codec, for speech)
- IMA4 (IMA/ADPCM)
- linear PCM
- µ-law and a-law
Problem
What are the supported audio files formats in iPhone? If I want to play a 2 hour audio files , what is the best audio file format I should have in my App? Thanks